HELP - Strange Folders/Objects in Windows

[barryr2]

hello,
I just came across some strange Folders in the Windows
Directory. (Windows XP Home Edition)
57 Objects, taking up 43MB in size.
The names are in blue.

Can anyone tell me what are these Folders/Objects?
Can these Folders/Objects and its content be safely
deleted?

The following are only the first few Objects:

$NtServicePackUninstall$
$NtUninstallKB821557$
$NtUninstallKB821557_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB823182$
$NtUninstallKB823182_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB823559$
$NtUninstallKB823980$
$NtUninstallKB823980_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB824105$
$NtUninstallKB824105_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB824141$
$NtUninstallKB824141_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB824146$
$NtUninstallKB824146_RTM$
$NtUninstallKB825119$
$NtUninstallKB828035$
$NtUninstallKB828035_RTM$
$NtUninstallQ309521$
$NtUninstallQ311889$
$NtUninstallQ311967$
$NtUninstallQ313450$
$NtUninstallQ314862$
$NtUninstallQ315000$
$NtUninstallQ315403$
$NtUninstallQ317277$
$NtUninstallQ318138$
$NtUninstallQ319580$
$NtUninstallQ323172$
$NtUninstallQ324096$
$NtUninstallQ324380$
$NtUninstallQ326830$
$NtUninstallQ328310$

Any help and advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[Steve C. Ray]

These are the uninstall files for Microsoft Updates. If you think you will
never need to uninstall a update you can delete them. Blue means the files
are compressed.